Paul Cuno-Booth
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NHPR
Voters who register without an ID are required to use special, marked ballots. But a quirk in a new law repealing that process — and that takes effect next month — leaves things unclear for the Nov. 5 general election.
Tyler Russell
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Connecticut Public
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
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David Lawlor
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Rhode Island PBS
Journalists from the New England News Collaborative had a rare chance to see Vineyard Wind, the nation's largest standing offshore wind project.
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Officials are encouraging Connecticut residents to get their updated shots before the holiday season begins. Unlike COVID-19 and the flu, immunization against RSV is a one-time shot and not seasonal, even though the virus peaks seasonally. -
Connecticut’s aging housing leaves children particularly vulnerable to lead poisoning, which can lead to damage to the brain, kidneys and nervous system. Nearly 1,000 public housing apartments in Hartford and Norwich will be remediated. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cut back on how often it will meet with a citizens group to discuss the cleanup of the Housatonic River, which General Electric contaminated with PCBs decades ago. -
The DEEP Climate Resilience Fund (DCRF) is one response seeking to prepare Connecticut communities for more impacts of climate change. For the second time, the agency is looking to fund and assist municipalities to develop resilience projects, and apply for applications for federal funding. -
Ballot Question will go before Massachusetts voters this November and would give DiZoglio's office the ability to audit the state Legislature. -
The survey — focused on farms not covered by a grassroots farmworker labor and housing rights program — shows a vast majority of Spanish-speaking immigrant dairy farmworkers in Vermont make below minimum wage, work six to seven days a week and are hurt on the job. -
Most studies looking at large-scale environmental changes analyze one shift at a time. But UNH researchers looked at two effects of burning fossil fuels: soil warming up and nitrogen levels rising. -
The High Holiday, Rosh Hashanah, has begun, marking the Jewish New Year. Local spiritual leaders are thinking about how to structure their service given the turmoil in Israel.
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